The Hotel Doctor

  “They’re little bumps all over… Sort of red.” “Could you be more specific?” “Little red bumps over my body… spots. Some are ra...

Cheap motels have many advantages from a hotel doctor’s point of view. Valets are absent, so I can park inside and safely ignore the...

“Spik Spanish?” Not a phrase I like to hear. Ninety percent of Latin American guests speak enough English to get along, and Hispanic...

“This is one time the hotel will not be able to charge the bill,” reported the manager one evening when he called about a Middle-Eastern...

A worried mother phoned, asking me to see her two year-old who had a fever of 101. I’d seen the child two days earlier. He had a 101...

A young man stood blocking the door. “I want to see your license,” he said. I showed him. He examined it suspiciously and didn’t ...

A caller was suffering an itchy rash, present for a week. Three companions were also affected. That sounded good. When more than one per...